I know that this photo is a bit of a departure from my usual style, but I had to post it seeing as how I can’t get over the irony of Humpty Dumpty and the trash cans and the look on his face. A little backstory: Recently here in La Crosse we had a “Sand on the Riverfront” festival where they made giant piles of sand on the boardwalk along the river and challenged different groups to a sand sculpture competition. People were using shovels, buckets, even straws to carve these pieces in this year’s theme: “Fairy Tales.” Anyway, after the festival the sand gets picked up and taken away to be dumped on a beach somewhere, probably with the barrels to Humpty’s right. Hence the look on his face, no doubt.
So, yeah, I’m headed up to the cabin in a couple of hours, where I will stay until Sunday, at which point I will come home and begin the frantic packing. Should be a blast. Oh yes. At least now the weather in NYC is a bit cooler than it was when I first visited Craigulate in the Big Apple. Highs in only the mid-80s! Woohoo.
Thus continueth my search for a bed in Manhattan. Luckily my roomates are willing to help me out a bit, so there’s a chance that I’ll have somewhere to sleep when I arrive at my new home. Also, for those of you who are interested, here is my new address plotted on a map. It really doesn’t get much better than that.
12 Comments
August 24, 2005 at 1:31 pm
This picture seriously improved my boring day at work!
August 24, 2005 at 1:32 pm
whoops. didn’t mean for that to be annonymous…
August 24, 2005 at 1:38 pm
Glad I could help, craigulate. What’s up with your job of late? Sounds like you’re just doing crosswords… Has crime gone down so much in Manhattan that you’re out of work??
August 24, 2005 at 7:42 pm
Crosswords it is…at least one a day. And yeah, the lack of crime down here is becoming problematic–but I’m sure that you’ll take care of that once you arrive.
August 25, 2005 at 8:35 pm
Re. the photo: in the words of Eddie Izzard….quoi?? (Ok, so that’s what I thought before I read your entry). By the way, nice site design. What is this, not just a blog??
August 26, 2005 at 5:31 pm
This photo is freaking awesome! (I’m not willing to swear on your site) I don’t know if I’m going to be able to take it when you move to NYC as the pictures will become all urbanized. I usually take some solace in the fact that these pictures remind me that there are places in this country that are mostly green as opposed to the concrete mecca that is the greater LA area. Oh well…at least I know that they will still be great pictures. Oh and by the way, I like the site design.
August 26, 2005 at 6:02 pm
Hola leCog, enjoyed the photo, bit of a change from your more technical entries of late. When do you actually head for NYC? I’ll be in town around the 10th, we’ll have to meet up if you’re there yet, Craig too, and the entire half of the graduating class that’s moved there.
August 26, 2005 at 8:05 pm
My dear Bonz,
What kind of welcome wagon guide am I??! Imagine me completing the entire Concrete Mecca Tour without showing you a real live tree!
We do have a couple here…hmmm…oh, that’s right–how bout the fifty or sixty lined up on the amazingly lush and shady street you happen to live on?
P.S. Just for that, on our next adventure, I’m taking you swimming in the oversized drainage ditch we locals like to call the Los Angeles River. Watch out for floating feces.
August 26, 2005 at 10:49 pm
Far be it from me to actually try to offend you, goooz. I was merely pointing out the fact that some areas are rather more lush than to street on which I live. It certainly is far from ugly and over-cityish here, and I never, in fact, stated that I dislike Pasadena and its newly found (by me) amusements. All that said, you certainly laid the smack down on me, and I should probably jump in that drainage ditch of my own volition.
August 26, 2005 at 10:51 pm
To street or not to street…I meant “the street” in case that was unclear.
August 27, 2005 at 1:13 am
Wow, this is fun! Let’s see what else we can make Ben apologize for. Or swim in.
August 27, 2005 at 3:54 am
I’ll swim in anything you guys tell me t….hey! I actually felt bad about calling SoCal a concrete jungle. You’re a manipulatrix, goooz, if that IS your real name!